Greater Manchester’s Political and Business leaders rally on Prime Minister
It’s time to level-up the gap in education, employment and skills and deliver your promises to supercharge Greater Manchester’s post-pandemic…
Time to level-up Northern Culture for a successful recovery
The North can’t have a successful economy without a thriving cultural sector. It’s as simple as that. The economic value…
COMING UP Devo 3.0 – where next for devolution?’
It’s time to re-ignite the debate on what good devolution looks like and why it’s so important to the levelling-up…
Samuel Williams: My plan for the West of England
I am sure you will agree that these elections are an opportunity to recover with a Mayor who embodies the…
Dan Norris: My plan for the West of England
On a recent campaigning trip, the Prime Minister could not name his own West of England Conservative Metro Mayor. That’s…
Devo Housing: Is the government listening?
The forthcoming local and mayoral elections will put the spotlight on housing issues and ratchet up the call for the…
The first step to recovery
As the economy begins to open, how we recover from this pandemic will dominate the local and mayoral elections this…
Hard questions of the Chancellor – Rebecca Riley
Generally the interventions announced in the Budget have been welcomed, especially the extension of successful schemes such as the Job…
As the dust began to settle – Henri Murison
On the surface, this week’s Budget appeared fairly innocuous. Many immediate measures were welcome: the extension to furlough until restrictions…
A cautionary tale for the Chancellor
The Prime Minister promised to “spread opportunity to every corner of the UK with superb education, superb infrastructure, and technology”.…